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| 1974 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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John Hughes
Selected in third round
No.
41 overall by Vancouver Canucks
Born March 18, 1954
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 5-11 Weight: 200
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Toronto (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Charlottetown, PEI (Canada)
Hometown:
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1970-71 |
Charlottetown | MaJHL |
-- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- | | |
Markham | Jr. B | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- | | 1971-72 |
Markham | Jr. B | -- |
-- | -- |
-- | -- | | |
Toronto | OMJHL | 2 |
0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | | 1972-73 |
Toronto | OMJHL | 63 |
13 | 42 |
55 | 195 | | 1973-74 |
Toronto | OMJHL | 67 |
6 | 34 |
40 | 189 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1973 (Toronto)
Toronto Captain: 1973-74
Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as No.
14 overall prospect in the 1974 NHL draft. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 9, 1979 (St. Louis at
Vancouver)
Numbers: 4 (Vancouver); 6
(Edmonton); 28 (N.Y. Rangers)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1982 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1979-1981 |
Vancouver, Edmonton, NYR | 70 |
2 | 14 | 16 |
211 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1980-1981 |
Vancouver, N.Y. Rangers | 7 |
0 | 1 | 1 |
16 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Entered NHL with the WHA-NHL
merger of 1979 and was reclaimed by Vancouver in NHL Reclaim Draft on June 9,
1979. ... Had 12 penalty minutes, including two fighting majors, in first
period of his first NHL game. ... Appeared in three 1981 playoff games for
N.Y. Rangers without ever playing for team in a regular-season game. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Phoenix, Cincinnati, Houston, Indianapolis, Edmonton (WHA); Wichita (CHL);
New Haven (AHL); Springfield (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick: 1974 (by Houston,
No. 43 overall in Round 3)
1978-79: Played on WHA regular-season
champion (Edmonton).
Miscellaneous: Traded by Houston with Dick
Spannbauer to expansion
Cincinnati in exchange for future considerations (rights to Don Larway) in
June 1974. ... Loaned by Cincinnati to Phoenix (WHA)
for 1974-75 season since Cincinnati was not entering league until following
year. ... Finished second in WHA with 201 penalty minutes as a rookie in
1974-75. ... Injured knee in final game of 1974-75 season and required
postseason surgery. ... Was on Houston team that folded after 1977-78 season.
His rights were sold to Winnipeg as the Houston team dissolved in July 1978.
Winnipeg then sold his rights to Indianapolis ... Played on Indianapolis team
that folded on Dec. 15, 1978, and was one of Wayne Gretzky's first
professional teammates. ... Missed part of 1978-79 season with broken jaw.
Personal: Full name is John Spencer
Hughes. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| WAIVERS: Vancouver placed Hughes on waivers,
and he was claimed by Edmonton on October 15, 1980. Under terms of the 1979
NHL-WHA merger, Hughes' last WHA team, Edmonton, had the special right to
claim him off waivers for $100. |
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SNAPSHOT '74 | | Total Selected: |
246 | | Forwards: |
138 | | Defense: |
84 | | Goaltenders: |
24 | | Major Junior: |
171 | | College Players: |
44 |
| Canadian: |
200 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
0 | | USA Citizens: |
40 | | U.S.-Born: |
39 |
| European: |
6 |
| Reached NHL: |
98 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
15 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
21 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
5 |
| Olympians: |
5 |
| Picks Traded: |
13 |
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